Clock-rank arrangement.



H. J. McDONALD.

cLocK BANK ARRANGEMENT.

APPLLCATIUN FILED JUNE l2. 1917.,

' Patented Dee. 25, 1917.

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H. 1. MCDONALL?. CLOCK BANK vIIRRANGEIIIIENT APPLICATION FILED .IUNE I2I9I7- 4 1,251,396. Patented. Deo. 25,1917.

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H. 1. MCDONALD. cLocK BANK A'RRANGEMENL APPLICATION FvlLED JUNE I2,1911.

1,251,3968 Patented Dec. 25,1917.

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HUGH J'. MQDONALD, 0F NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

CLOCK-BANK ARRANGEMENT.

Specicationof Letters Patent.

Application filed .T une 12, 1917. Serial No. 174,276.

To all whom it may concern.- Be it known that I, HUGH J. McDoNALD, acitizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish ofOrleans and State ot Louisiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Clock- Bank Arrangements; and I do hereby de-` clare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

The present invention relates to improvements in clocks in which thereis placed a bank for receiving coins that are passed through acoincontrolled mechanism for preventing the operation of the clockwinding mechanism except when a proper coin is deposited therein.

The plan proposed to be carried out by my present invention consists inhaving a banking house issue to its customers the 1mproved clocks with.-`the banks contained therein, and whereof the keys are retained by thebanking house, so that after the bank has received the coins used totripthe clock winding mechanism, the customer can at any time remove thebank and deliver it to the banking house, where it will be opened landthe amount contained placed to the credit of said customer.

In this way it is the primary object of my present invention to encourgesystematic saving of small coins.

Another object of my present invention resides in improving theconstructions and operation of devices of the above character asheretofore proposed; one novel purpose being to permit the deposit inthe bank of as many coins as desired without requiring the operation ofthe clock winding mechamsm.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide an improveddevice of the above character in which the bank will be readilyremovable from the clock structure, and when removed the chute whichdelivers coins thereto will be automatically closed until the bank isagain inserted in place, whereupon the accumulated coins may fallthereinto.

1n the accompanying drawings formingl'a part of this application, and inwhich similar reference symbols indicatecorresponding parts in theseveral views:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectionalv view through a clock shown providedwith a com controlled mechanism constructed in accordance with mypresent invention and illustrating the parts in one position with thebank in place.

Fig. 2 is a similar view ywith the partsshown in another position andwith the bank removed. l

'.Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional 'view of a clock taken at right anglesto Figs. 1 and 2,

land illustrating the improved coin-cona pinion 4 and ixedly mounted aratchet 5.

A pawl 6 is pivoted on the pinion 4 and yieldingly'pressed intoengagement with the teeth of the ratchet 5 by a spring 7.

AV gear'wheel 8, mounted on a shaft 9, ar- Y ranged parallel to thewinding shaft 3, v1s in constant mesh with the pinion 4, and is driventhereby whenA the shaft 3 is rotated in a direction to wind the clockspring 2,

which, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, is the counterclockwise direction. Thepawl 6 permits the winding shaft 3 to be rotated by the spring 2 as itdrives the vclock arbors in the clockwise direction. The gear wheel 8carries a rack bar 1,0 having the notches 11 therein which are designedto be engaged by atooth on adog 12; this dog is pivoted in a bracket 13which is attached to any fixed part,fas for instance the upper coinchute 14,2as herein shown, into the lower end of which projects the rearend of said dog.

The rack 10 also carries a pin or projection 16 adapted to strike theend of an arm 1f( carried by a hinged Hap 18, which forms one wall ofthe lower end of the coin chute 14. A-A'spring 19 serves to hold thisflap 18 .in the-'closed position shown in Fig. 1.

'The lower end -of the hinged flap 18 carries a head'20,to whichiscoupled a rod 21 running to the exterior of the clock casing,

where it is provided with a button 22 to be` engaged by the lingers formoving the flap 18 when it is desired to lallow coinsto pass tov thebankbeneath, 'without affecting the operation ofthe coin-controlledapparatus.

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l which is provided to receive the beveledl To this head 2O is alsoconnected a coin stop 23, which has an end projecting -into the uppercoin chute 14, as shown clearly from Fig. 2, for the purposeof'arresting the passage of coins when the hinged ap 18 is swungoutwardly.

Coins are introduced to the upper chute 14 by means of a 4coin receiver,which includes a hollow barrel 24 having a coin slotl 25 and containinga rotary tumbler 26 in which is provided a slot 27 adapted to be broughtinto registry with the slot 25,-as shown in Fig. 3, so that a singlecoin may be inserted; whereupon the tumbler 26 is revolved to theposition shown in Fig, 4, so that the slot 27 may be brought to alinewith the upper chute14, thus leaving the coin free to descend in thelatter'.

Beneath the upper coin chute 14 is a second lower coin chute 28, havinga curved upper end 29 slightly otfset with respect to the lower open endof the upper chute 14 to prevent the free passage ofvcoins from the oneto the other chute. rlhis lower chute 28 delivers through an opening inthe top of a casing 30 to a bank orv coin receptacle 31, which also hasan opening adapted to be brought to register with the bottom of thechute 28, when said bank 31 is properly positioned within the casing 30,as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

T here is a slot 32 in one wall of the chute 28 provided to receive apivoted linger 33 associated with a spring 34, which is adapted to urgesaid finger 33 into the chute 28 in the position shown in Fig. 2, whereit will arrest the passage of down-coming coins and prevent theirpassing to the casing 30 or bank 31. This pivoted finger 33 onlyoccupies the position shown in Fig. 2 when the bank 31 is removed. Thefinger is'loosely connected to one end of a lever 35 rocking on abracket 36 supported from the casing 30 or other part; the opposite endof such lever being joined to the upper end of a verticallyreciprocating rod 37 operating in a guide 38.

As shown to advantage in Fig. 2, the lower end of this reciprocating rod37 is connected to the free ends of a lever 39 having a fulcrum 40 onthe framework. This lever 39 extends past a vertically elongated slot 41formed in the rear wall of the casing 30, and

nose 42 of a key 43. This key, as shown only in Fig.. 3, is fittedthrough a 4lock casing 44 situated on the interior of the bank 31,

and which isaccessible only to the banking v house having the key ofsaid bank 31.

ln the operation of the'apparatus, whenever the clock has run down andneeds rewinding, the spring 2 will be preventedifrom being rewound duetothe fact that the dog 12 is in engagement with the notch l1, thusbinding the gear wheel 8, pinion 4 and the :acercas and received intothe slot 27, the tumbler 26 l is revolved to the position shown in Fig.4 to bring said slot into vertica'l alinement with the upper coinfchute14. rl`he coin is therefore released and drops by gravity through itsupper coin chute 14 until it comes in contact with the hinged lap 18 andthe inner end of the dog 12, where it is held as indicated in Fig. 1,the weight of the coin depressing the rear end of the dog 12 and raisingits forward end to lift the tooth out of the notch 11. The windingmechanism is therefore released and the turning of the winding shaft 3.inthe counter-clockwise direction is no longer prevented.

As this winding shaft 3 is turned by a proper key in a counter-clockwisedirection, as looked at from Figs. 1 and 2, the shoulders of theyratchet 5 will engage the free end of the pawl 6 and force the pinion 4around therewith. As the pinion 4 meshes with the gear wheel 8, thislatter wheel will also be rotated but in the opposite direction. Thevarious parts are preferably so related that the winding of the clockspring 2 will only be accomplished after the gear wheel 8 has beenturned through one complete revolution to bring the notch 11 again inposition to be' rengaged by the dog 12, when the samewill be released.I

As the gear wheel 8 rotates it will carry the pin or projection 16around therewith, and as the free end of the arm 17 extends in the pathof said projection 16, the former will be encountered by the latter Whenthe gear wheel nears the completion of its movement, and such projection16 will serve to shift the arm 17 from the position shown in Fig. 1 tothat shown invF ig. 2, with the result of also swinging the hinged flap18 outwardly to release the `coin and permit it to pass into theopposite upper end 29 of the lo'wer coin chute 28. This coin chute 28directs the coin through the casing 30 and into the bank31. 'When thecoin 1s so released from the position shown in Fig. l, the dog 12 willbe free to return its tooth into the notch-11, and the winding mechanismwill again be locked against operation until a subsequent coin is placedtherein.

As clearly appears from Fig. 2, when the hinged flap 18 is swungoutwardly it carries therewith the stop 23, shifting its end through thewall ofthe .upper chute 14 and bringing it into the coin path. This pre-4443, will extend through the vertically elongated 'slot 41 andencounter theI lever 39, raising it to the position shown in Figs. 1 and3. When this lever 39 is thus elevated it will hold the rod 37 in theupper position shown in Fig. 3, thus tilting the lever 35 and holdingthe nger 33 without the slot 32 in the wallof the lower chute 28.However, when the bank 31 is removed from the casing 30, the key 43will, of course, be withdrawn therewith, with the consequence ofremoving the support from the lever 39; the latter therefore dropping tothe position shown in Fig. 2 and carrying there' with the rod 37. Thismovement will oscillate the lever 35 and will swing the finger 33through the slot 32 and into the coin' path inthe lower chute 28. Thisaction will be assisted by the spring 34.

It will therefore be seen that if coins are deposited in the apparatusduring the interval that the bank is removed, these coins may not bedelivered to the casing 30, but will be held by the linger 33 in thelower chute 28 until such time as the bank 31 is returned to its properposition. The accumulated coins will then be permitted to descend to thebank 31. From time to time, as the bank 31 becomes filled with thecoins, it is removed from its position in the casing 30 and delivered bythe customer to the banking house which has issued the clock tohim. Atthe banking house the bank 31 will be opened and the accumulated coinsremoved therefroimand their amount placed to the credit of saidcustomer, after which the bank 31 will be returned for subsequentreplacement in the clock.

lt will, of course, be understood that the unwinding of the spring 2 todrivevthe clock members, is not interterred with by the hereindescribedmechanism, as the spring will unwind and drive the Winding shaft 3 in aclockwise direction with respect to the showing of the parts in Figs. 1and 2; which clockwise rotation of the Winding shaft'3 will carry theinclined faces of' the/ratchet 5 overv the free end of the pawl 6, whichwill readily yield against the iniiuence of the spring 7 whereby nomovement will be communicated to the pinion 4 nor gear wheel 8.

It is obvious that those skilled. in the art may vary the details ofconstruction and arrangements of parts without departing from the spiritof my invention, and there fore I do not wish to be limited to suchfeatures except asv may be required` by the.

claims.

I claim: 1. The combination of a clock, a coin depository in 'saidclock, a winding device for said clock, acoin releasable mechanism forcontrolling the operation of said winding device, said mechanismincluding a coin chute communicating with said depository, locking meansfor said winding device adapted to be tripped by a coin in said chute,means for releasing the coin after the winding device has been rewound,handactuated means for operating said lastnamed means from the exteriorof the clock, v and a stop connected to move with said coin 'releasingmeans to prevent the passage of subsequent coins before said coinreleasing means is restored to initial position, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination of a clock, a winding device for said clock, a coindepository in said clock, a coin releasable mechanism for controllingthe operation of said winding device and including acoin chute inconnection with said depository, locking means for said winding deviceadapted to be tripped by a coin in said chute, a movable 'flap forholding the coin in engagement with said locking means during therewinding operation, an arm connected to said flap, and a projectionmovable from said winding device and adapted to engage said arm' t`oshiftM and release the coin from engagesaid a'p ment with said lockingmeans, substantially as described. A

3. The combination of a clock, a winding device for said clock, a coindepository for said clock, locking means for said .winding device, acoin releasable mechanism for controlling the operation of said windingdevice and including a coin chute in connection with said depository andadapted to direct a coin lagainst said locking means to release thesame, a. movable ap for holding the coin in vengagenient with saidlocking means during the., re-winding operation, hand-actuated means foroperating said iap, a stop con-v nected to'move with said Hap to arrestthe lpassage of` subsequent coins before saidflap isr'estored to'initialposition, and automatic -ineans fon` shifting said flap to release thecoin`whenthe/l winding operation is 'coinpleted, substantially asdescribed.

` 4.---The combination of a normally lockedl device, locking means forpreventing the operation of' said device including a moving part havingarnotch therein, a dog having a toothfor engaging said notch to lock thecoin thereagainst 'toX remove the tooth from device, a lcoin-receivingchute arranged-in thepath of saiddog and adapted' to direct a of saidcoin chute, means normally holding said flap closed to cause the coin tocontinue in engagement with said dog, an arm on said flap, andmeanscarried by said moving part for engaging said arm to shift saidflap for the purpose of releasing the coin, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a normally locked device, locking means for saiddevice, 'a coin releasable mechanism for unlocking said last-named meansand including an upper chute for receiving a coin and directing sameagainst the locking meansi to release the latter, a second chute havingits end adjacent the first-named chute offset to prevent the freepassage of the coin thereto, and a normally closed flap forming a wallof the I upper chute and adapted to be opened to permit the coin to passfrom the upper to the lower chute, substantially as described.

6. The combination of a normally locked device including a moving parthaving a notch, a ypivoted dog having. a tooth normally engaging saidnotch to lock the device, a chute arranged in the path of said dog forreceiving a coin to trip said dog, a

second chute having its end adjacent the rst-named chute offset withrespect thereto to prevent the free passage of the coin, a.V

coin depository in connection with said second-mentioned chute, amovable flap forming one wall of said first-named chute, means fornormally holding said flap closed and the coin in engagement with saiddog, automatic means for shifting said flap to the open position torelease the coin from engagementwith said dog, and a coin stop movablewith said flap and adapted to arrest the passage of subsequent coinswhen said flap is in the open position, substantially as described.

7. The combination of a clock, a winding device for said clock, arotating part Connected to move with said winding device and having anotch therein, a pivoted dog having a' tooth'for engaging said notch tolock the winding mechanism, an upper chute in the path of said dog forreceiving a coin for tripping Said dog, a lower chute having its upperends ollset from said first-named chute, a movable flap forming one wallof said first-named chute for holding the coin in engagement with saiddog, means for holding said flap normally closed, an arm on said Hap, aprojection traveling with said moving part and adapted to engage saidarm to move said flap to the open position, a coin stop movable withsaid Hap to prevent the passage of subsequent coins when the flap isopen, and hand-actuated' means for operating said flap independently ofthe arm and projection, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I' aiix my signature.

HUGH J. MGDONALD.'

